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Herrmann, D. Scott; Thurber, Jill R.; Miles, Kenneth; Gilbert, Gloria – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
Leukemias (blood cell cancers) and central nervous system tumors are the most frequently occurring types of cancer in children. Mortality rates from all childhood cancers have decreased over the past 2 decades. As a result, many childhood cancer survivors are now returning to their schools after having been successfully treated. Although most of…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Mortality Rate, Cancer, Case Studies
Learning Disabilities in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Concerns for Parents and Teachers.

Peckham, Virginia C. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
As young people survive childhood cancer at ever-increasing rates, the late effects of treatment that affect growth, development, and cognitive functioning must be considered. This paper describes medical treatment for childhood cancer, long-term survival and general effects of treatment, cognitive late effects of treatment, and educational…
Descriptors: Cancer, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education